NCT06980402

Post-discharge Monitoring Initiative on Outcomes of Post-surgical Patients

Pragmatic Pilot Study of SKH@Home Post-discharge Monitoring Initiative on Outcomes of Surgical Patients

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 1,000 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Sengkang General Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 21 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The investigators are conducting a prospective study to evaluate the SKH@Home programme, a post-discharge monitoring initiative for surgical patients. The aim of this study is to conduct a pragmatic, non-randomized pilot study to compare the SKH@Home programme with standard post-surgical care on patient outcomes.

Conditions

• Laparoscopy
• Discharge Planning

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Early post-surgical discharge with post-surgical home based monitoring	The SKH@home program, is a post-discharge monitoring program, which allows stable post-surgical patients to be discharged earlier from hospital while providing regular post-discharge monitoring at the patient's own home, either through home visits and patient assessment, or telemonitoring of patients.
PROCEDURE	Standard inpatient care until deemed suitable for discharge	Patients will receive standard postoperative management in the acute hospital until they are deemed fit for discharge by their primary surgeon

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-06-01
• Primary completion: 2028-12-31
• Completion: 2029-01-31
• First posted: 2025-05-20
• Last updated: 2025-05-20